SOUTHERN POTATOES
PROBLEM OF SURPLUS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday The Canterbury potato market has virtually ended. North' Island merchants have informed Christchurch merchants that, with potatoes bought earlier and not yet delivered and stocks on hand, they have sufficient supplies to see them through until the new crop comes on the market, which is expected to be about the middle of October. Hopes that a market would be found in South America to help growers dispose of at least some of their surplus crop have not been realised. An inquiry was received in ; New Zealand from South America for j 7000 tons if the price were favour- ; able, and suitable arrangements could j have been made about payment, but i it is reported that all efforts to secure j freight have been unsuccessful. j
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21218, 14 September 1940, Page 9
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